The Norman Mailer Prize or Mailer Prize was an American literary award established in 2009 by the Norman Mailer Center and The Norman Mailer Writers Colony to celebrate writers and their works.[1] Norman Mailer was a 20th-century American author. Prizes were given in the years 2009–2015, after which the Norman Mailer Center ceased its activities.
Honorees
edit2009[2]
- Lifetime Achievement: Toni Morrison
- Distinguished Journalism: David Halberstam
2010[3]
- Lifetime Achievement: Orhan Pamuk
- Lifetime Achievement in Magazine Publishing: Jann Wenner
- Distinguished Journalism and Humanitarianism: Ruth Gruber
- Lifetime Achievement: Elie Wiesel
- Distinguished Writing: Arundhati Roy
- Distinguished Journalism: Gay Talese
- Biography: Keith Richards, Life
2012[7]
- Lifetime Achievement: Joyce Carol Oates
- Distinguished Publishing: Barnet Lee Rosset, Jr.
- Biography: Robert A. Caro
2013[8]
- Lifetime Achievement: Maya Angelou
- Distinguished Writing: Junot Diaz
- Distinguished Journalism: Michael Hastings
2014[9]
- Lifetime Achievement: Don DeLillo
- Distinguished Magazine Publishing: Katrina vanden Heuvel
- Distinguished Poetry: Billy Collins
2015[10]
- Lifetime Achievement: Salman Rushdie
References
edit- ^ The Mailer Prize Archived 2011-11-03 at the Wayback Machine, official website.
- ^ "Literary Lights Fête Mailer". The Daily Beast. October 21, 2009. Retrieved April 30, 2013.
- ^ Young, Molly (October 20, 2010). "Mailer's Night". The Daily Beast. Retrieved April 30, 2013.
- ^ Yarrow, Allison (November 4, 2011). "Keith Richards Wins Mailer Award". The Daily Beast. Retrieved 2024-04-01.
- ^ "Arundhati Roy Awarded 2011 Norman Mailer Prize". India – West. December 2, 2011. p. A31 – via Newspaper Source Plus / EBSCOhost.
- ^ "Clinton Upstaged by Keith". New York Post. November 10, 2011.
- ^ Oates, Joyce Carol (October 4, 2012). "Joyce Carol Oates Salutes Norman Mailer". The Daily Beast. Retrieved April 30, 2013.
- ^ Italie, Hillel (October 17, 2013). "Maya Angelou accepts Mailer Center lifetime award". Associated Press. Archived from the original on October 18, 2013. Retrieved December 3, 2013.
- ^ "2014 Norman Mailer Prize recipients".
- ^ Feitelberg, Rosemary (November 20, 2015). "Norman Mailer Center to Honor Salman Rushdie in Brooklyn at Pratt". WWD. Retrieved December 2, 2015.
External links
edit- The Mailer Prize, official website.